Κυρηναῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Κῡρήνη (Kūrḗnē, “Cyrene”) +‎ -ῐος (-ios, “-y: forming demonyms”), q.v.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kyː.rɛː.nâi̯.os/ → /cy.riˈnɛ.os/ → /ci.riˈne.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kyː.rɛː.nâi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ky.re̝ˈnɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cy.riˈnɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cy.riˈne.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.riˈne.os/

Noun

Κῡρηναῖος • (Kūrēnaîos) m (genitive Κῡρηναίου); second declension

1. a Cyrenian, a person from Cyrene

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κῡρηναῖος; τοῦ Κῡρηναίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Κῡρηναῖος ho Kūrēnaîos	τὼ Κῡρηναίω tṑ Kūrēnaíō	οἱ Κῡρηναῖοι hoi Kūrēnaîoi
Genitive	τοῦ Κῡρηναίου toû Kūrēnaíou	τοῖν Κῡρηναίοιν toîn Kūrēnaíoin	τῶν Κῡρηναίων tôn Kūrēnaíōn
Dative	τῷ Κῡρηναίῳ tôi Kūrēnaíōi	τοῖν Κῡρηναίοιν toîn Kūrēnaíoin	τοῖς Κῡρηναίοις toîs Kūrēnaíois
Accusative	τὸν Κῡρηναῖον tòn Kūrēnaîon	τὼ Κῡρηναίω tṑ Kūrēnaíō	τοὺς Κῡρηναίους toùs Kūrēnaíous
Vocative	Κῡρηναῖε Kūrēnaîe	Κῡρηναίω Kūrēnaíō	Κῡρηναῖοι Kūrēnaîoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κῡρηνᾰϊκός (Kūrēnaïkós)

 

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2956 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cyrene idem, page 193.